cnn's jim spellman is live in st. louis for us this morning. jim, paint the picture for us. it's pretty dire out there. >> take a look, this is st. louis. we're just below or just north of the famous gateway arch. this is sort of a boat terminal here. usually not under water. today under about five feet of water above flood stage. you can see how high this water has come up. similar circumstances here on the mississippi river. especially in these lower riverside communities. yesterday we were on another river, the illinois river, where we saw several of these low-lying communities just inundated with water. now we think it's cresting here today in st. louis. and that will be similar story in this part of the river system in the next day or two. cresting and then the slow process of the water receding. up north, in fargo, north dakota, it's a different story. warm temperatures there, it's going to cause accelerated snow melt. they're laying in sandbags and preparing for the worst up there in fargo. so even as it crests down here, this spring storm, and climate session that we